A Rant About the Improper use of Facebook
16 October, 2008, 2:41 pm
I don’t want to say it again, so just watch the video.
UPDATE: There was a video here where I did two things – First I disparaged the facebook profile of a friend to make a point. I thought it was funny at first, but thanks to Shane (see the comments) I realized it might not be that funny. So now the video is gone.
The other thing I talked about is very relevant! And I stand by this!
I addressed how you need to promote your self NOT your business on facebook.
I see too many facebook profiles that tell me nothing of the person and only information and links about the businesses and affiliate sites a person wants me to visit.
Be real, be honest and be sincere! This will get you far more traffic than being a billboard!
More on that soon in a coming post!
Thanks for bearing with the unusual post edit – normally I avoid that at all costs, but in this case I thought it best to remove the video.
END UPDATE
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Nice video Jared–I understand where you’re coming from.
Facebook should represent who a person is, rather than what a person is trying to sell. I use Facebook to keep up with my friends and social networks, but I have never visited Facebook and decided to buy something from someone’s profile page.
I do think that companies can utilize Facebook a little differently because people will expect to visit a company’s Facebook page to learn about new products, specials, etc. But for individual Facebook profiles, the personality and interests of the individual should make up 95% of the page. The remaining 5% could probably be used to promote business objectives (when applicable) without being too annoying.
Jenny, Thanks for the comment! You are dead on (of course I would say that since you agree with me!)
Have a great day, great blog by the way!
I would agree that in such an impersonal arena as a social networking application it is annoying to only see one side of someone as you’ve mentioned. Apps like Facebook are great for connecting with people but I think we sometimes loose sight of who all is watching and what message we’re sending.
On the other hand, I also think it’s about as inappropriate as posting a video on a blog which is aimed directly to someone instead of going directly to them and having this discussion…
Shane that’s good advice, and something that makes me think -
but for what its worth, this video was never “aimed” at someone. The friend of mine mentioned isn’t even in the online business community (as far as I know) and this video doesn’t really apply – they were only doing something which made me think of an application for blog readers with very different motivations.
All the same I appreciate your comment, and will consider how to respond.